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Rails to Penn State
About this book
More than five hundred short line railroads existed in the United States at the industry's height, and Pennsylvania had more than any other state. The history of the Bellefonte Central, which operated in central Pennsylvania from the 1880s until 1982, is a classic story of the rise and decline of short line railroads nationwide. Connecting with the Pennsylvania Railroad--a company that proved to be both friend and foe--the Bellefonte Central played an important role in developing the region's renowned limestone and hot-blast ironmaking industries and was Penn State University's economic lifeline for generations.
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Rail TransportationTable of contents
- Cover
- Front Matter
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Maps
- List of Tables and Passenger Train Schedules
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter One The Buffalo Run, Bellefonte and Bald Eagle Railroad
- Chapter Two BRB&BE Reorganized: The Bellefonte Central
- Chapter Three Breaking the PRR Monopoly
- Chapter Four Penn State Lifeline
- Chapter Five In the Shadow of the Evil Empire
- Chapter Six Stockholder Uprising
- Chapter Seven Creating “the Gyp”
- Chapter Eight Lime, Limestone, and POTUS
- Chapter Nine Trucks and Trouble
- Chapter Ten The Kyle Agreement
- Epilogue
- Notes on the Sources
- Appendix A Railway Operating Income, 1892–1982
- Appendix B Total Freight Tonnage, 1892–1982
- Appendix C Lime and Limestone Tonnage, 1900–1982
- Appendix D Passenger Traffic, 1892–1964
- Appendix E Locomotive Roster, 1892–1982
- Index
- Back Cover
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